You need to have at least a basic knowledge of yoga to participate in class.

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Description

PYTI is pleased to announce our partnership with Essentials Natural Family Health to bring Medical Therapeutic Yoga to Omaha in the spring of 2019! This Module 8 is the classroom version of the first of three practical, applied lab portions of the PYTI® certification program. Module 8 puts the lectures of Modules 1-7 into motion with the application of the concepts learned in those prerequisite distance modules.

Module 8 is the first of three on-site modules that make up the practical, applied lab portion of the PYTI® certification program. This course puts the lectures of Modules 1-7 into motion with the application of the concepts learned in those prerequisite distance modules.

The course will be held at Essentials Natural Family Health, 2723 S 87th St, Omaha, NE. More course details will be sent with your registration confirmation.

Please Note:In order to register for this course you must agree to all Terms & Conditions (link opens in a new window), which includes course cancellation and refund policy.

Abstract

Module 8 is the first of three on-site intensives which allow the students to assimilate and apply all objectives learned from Modules 1-7. Module 8 allows students to critically evaluate and practice the following objectives, learned in an interactive post-graduate lab format with their peers.

Clinical Objectives

Apply the 10 MTY precepts to your clinical demographic and practice in order to increase clinical efficacy and safety of yoga prescription in healthcare and wellness care.

Discuss the interrelationship of psychotherapy and rehabilitation in the clinical practice of MTY.

List public health and clinical practice implications of MTY.

Identify quantitative and qualitative characteristics of outcome measures used in Professional Yoga Therapy (PYT).

Demonstrate understanding of the FMA algorithm in the context of evaluation, diagnosis, and prescription in clinical practice.

Demonstrate multidisciplinary knowledge of indications and contraindications for practicing PYT Level I and II postures as prescriptive movement and/or manual therapy in medicine and rehabilitation.

Critically analyze physical yoga movement and respiratory therapies and their modifications in a lab setting.

Complete and pass a Mid-Term Examination to demonstrate educational competency and proficiency of the skills learned at Module 8/Yoga as Medicine I.

Course includes

Tuition includes supplemental digital documents which will be made available via your cohort forum and includes digital course material containing approximately 350 photographic illustrations, foundational breath and postures for sequencing, guidelines to practice, manual cuing, therapeutic teaching, and organizational tools.

What to Bring

Yoga mat

2 yoga blocks

2 yoga blankets (Mexican blankets work best). Do not bring cotton throws as they are irregularly sized and non-matching blankets.